Hello! I hope you had a lovely weekend of eating leftover turkey and pie and getting into the holiday spirit. I love that Thanksgiving was early this year because it means an extra long holiday season! This means more Christmas music, more watching of Home Alone on repeat, and most importantly, more baking.
As soon as Christmas starts to near, I always seem to crave ginger flavored everything. But it probably wouldn’t be wise of me to eat gingerbread cookies for a month, so instead, I made these sensible but delicious mini ginger spiced chocolate chip muffins last week.
These little muffins might be tiny but what they lack in size, they make up for in flavor. These little guys are bursting with a warm, spicy flavor from the ginger, and studded with mini chocolate chips… because mini chocolate chips make everything better. 
The mini muffins are a perfect pop-able size, so you can snack on a few while you brainstorm which holiday cookies you’re going to bake (just me?…), or you can pair them with yogurt for a filling breakfast.
Ginger and chocolate pair for a spicy and sweet mini muffin that’s perfect for the holiday season. This recipe uses vanilla flavored Greek yogurt, but you can also use plain Greek yogurt. Makes about 2 dozen mini muffins Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a small mixing bowl, stir the yogurt and egg until smooth. In a large mixing bowl, stir the remaining ingredients until mixed. Add the yogurt mixture to the dry ingredients, mixing until just blended (do not over-mix!). Spread the batter (which will be thick) into the prepared muffin pan, filling each cup about two-thirds to three-quarters full. Bake 15 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean or with just a few crumbs). Allow the muffins to cool 5 minutes before removing from the pan.
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Happy Muffin Monday! These look delsih! What a great idea to add in all of the seasonings to your muffins!
Thanks! I think the spices make them perfect for this time of year
these are too cute!! i love ginger & chocolate together, mmm.
i’ve only recently began to love the combination of ginger and chocolate together! But I hear ya – as soon as Thanksgiivng is over I am on a one-track-ginger-mind. I so need to try a recipe like this – they almost look like pumpkin mini muffins with chocolate chips – which doesn’t sound so bad right now. Loving these Liz, saving them
They actually remind me of pumpkin muffins! But I try to veer away from those after Thanksgiving, so these are the perfect replacement.